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It’s always refreshing when a lateral-thinking-inspired product revolutionizes a market. And that’s partly what makes the netbook computer so interesting. Netbooks are growing up fast, and both market-leader Acer and its original maker Asus have big plans for the tiny PCs this year.
Asus, of course, gave the world its first real netbook, the Eee PC 701. It embodied all the now iconic netbook features in one package: Linux OS, small screen, Intel Atom processor, small form-factor and cheap-as-chips pricing. Now it’s a year later, and the technology has moved on, so Asus has announced that it will release another genre-stretching Eee PC that has an 11.6-inch display. Asus CEO Jerry Shen even thinks that Eees with displays of that size will end up being around 30% of the netbooks his company sells this year.
It’s a response to the news that Acer, which currently sells more netbooks than anyone else, will also be releasing an 11.6-incher soon. That machine, the Acer One 751, is due to have a full-size laptop keyboard, a 1366 x 768-pixel screen and cost around $500.
Both of these machines are right at the top end of what we think of as netbooks: A portable PC with an 11.6-inch display is not very pocket-friendly after all. Apart from the pricing, which we can expect to remain competitive, and the not-quite laptop-spec processors aboard, you can argue that they’re just cheap notebooks. That argument gets an extra spin when you learn Asus also has 13.3-inch, 14-inch and 15.6-inch models planned. Is the netbook magic running out?
Not quite. The processor choice is where these netbooks begin to get interesting again. Acer is expecting to sell up to 50% of its netbooks this year in the “ultra-thin” category, powered by Intel’s upcoming “Consumer Ultra Low Voltage” CPUs. Meanwhile, Asus is planning on selling just 10% of its machines in that category, presumably eschewing the CULV chips for next-gen, more powerful Atom CPUs. That sounds like two very different approaches to ultra-portable computer making, and that should make for some worthwhile netbook choices in the future.


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The NBA and the NBA 2K League, although both are focused on the game of basketball, do not necessarily share the same fanbase NBA 2K22 MT. The majority of people who love the NBA has a connection to the NBA 2K League, and certain NBA 2K League fans might not know who won the NBA Championship last year.
The NBA will reap the benefits of introducing basketball and the NBA games to gamers and Esports fans. The result will be an increase in the number of popularity and fans. The excitement of basketball is universal and anybody who gets wind of the NBA 2K League will definitely want to see more basketball-related content. And the NBA is here to provide it.
NBA2K21 announces Zion Williamson the next-gen cover athlete. New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is already on the cover of NBA2K. The company announced on Wednesday Williamson as its second of three cover players for the NBA2K21 game to be released in the next few months. The TikTok video reveal noted Williamson as the future player, as a "walking highlight video" and "will play a dunk in front of you."
Williamson is turning 20 on July 6, is the newest NBA player to make it on the cover. He will be featured on the next generation consoles, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X games. Williamson stated that it was one of those feelings that is still sorting through Buy NBA 2K MT. Source: ESPN. It's like a dream that's coming true. In those AAU tournaments, you're looking at the cover thinking "This is me. If it can happen that fast, it's an incredible honor."

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A new addition to the iPhone Health app will make it easy for iPhone owners to register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor when iOS 10 comes out in the fall, Apple announced today. The update aims to lessen the gap between those who need an organ donation, and those who are registered to donate. For CEO Tim Cook, it’s also personal.
Cook saw the need for organ donors first-hand when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was on the waiting list for a liver transplant in 2009. Cook told the Associated Press that watching Jobs wait “stuck with me and left an impression that I’ll never forget.”
Doctors told Jobs he likely wouldn’t live long enough to receive a donation if he waited on California’s donation list, so Jobs put his name on Tennessee’s shorter list — a move that also shined a light on the system’s inequalities. The state switch worked, and Jobs received a transplant in 2009. Jobs died in 2011 due to complications from pancreatic cancer, but the liver transplant he received in Tennessee helped extend his life.
Registering in and traveling to a different state for a donation isn’t an option for the majority of people, though. A new person is added to the wait list for an organ every 10 minutes, and 22 people die every day while waiting for an organ, according to a White House announcement in May. The shortage stems in large part from the gap between the 95 percent of Americans who support donation, and the 50 percent who are registered donors.
That’s where companies like Apple come in:
“With the updated Health app, we’re providing education and awareness about organ donation and making it easier than ever to register. It’s a simple process that takes just a few seconds and could help save up to eight lives, [per donor]” Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, says in a press release. “Together with Donate Life America, we’re excited to deliver this new feature to iPhone users in the U.S. with iOS 10.”
People can register to be organ donors by mail, online with Donate Life, and through the DMV. There are also registry apps on Android like Body Organ Donation, but Apple’s Health update will include the registry option without the user having to download anything else.
Apple iOS 10 was announced during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Updates to iMessage and changes to the Apple Watch were among the announcements, but the donation registry was only announced today.
The donation registry will be free on all phones with the iOS 10 update in the fall. Users can get an early look at iOS 10 this month in a public beta program.


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PATTAYA & THAILAND HEADLINE NEWS from Fabulous 103fm (6 December 2022)
Today is the day that ministers will once again moot the idea of pubs, clubs and bars within tourist entertainment areas being allowed to stay open until later than the current 1 AM. With the tourism Minister proposing a 4 AM closing plan, which would see businesses thrive, and others objecting, by tonight we MIGHT know IF there will be change.
53 illegal immigrants told police when caught, that they didn’t want to be here anyway. In fact they were en route, without documentation, to promised work in MALAYSIA, with their so-called guides leading them from the border, across Thailand and out again. The 43 men along with 10 women were discovered in vehicles after what is assumed was a tip off. No word on whether they will get their 40K baht broker fees back but for sure, if this lot was caught, there will be numerous others who aren’t. A major headache for immigration here AND in Malaysia.
Shopee customers will no longer be able to link bank accounts directly to their shopping accounts. The sales platform has stopped that facility after at least one customer was hacked and their accounts looted. One lady reported that her 50K bank account was wiped out at the weekend and banks cant compensate because customers had given a direct debit agreement to Shopee to access their accounts as and when. The safer option of course is to pay cash on delivery, which avoids their issues, OR use a card.
QR codes could replace manually addressing envelopes in Thailand very soon, this is the Thai Post Launched the option with an announced plan to have it in place nationwide in under 2 years. A smart idea for businesses, perhaps, but no-one has been able to explain how postmen will handle the mail, as they read address… manually.
In the capital a 41 year old Frenchman has been taken into custody charged with conning an unnamed mark out of 2 mill baht with the promise of high returns from a non-existent supply of luxury brand name accessories. Claiming to be an importer of everything from handbags to shoes, and perfume to purses, he is also thought to have scammed others too. Taking the money and then instead of delivering .. cutting off all contact.
New style tickets for traffic violations are now being issued by cops with hand held printers across Thailand. The GOOD news is that before we had to go to the police station to pay, now each ticket has a QR code, which allows online payment without the hassle.
Thailand’s rail passengers can look forward to the revival of the popular dining cars that rode alongside regular carriages on long routes, prior to the covid era. From today the full service dining cars return to business on several express trains from the capital to Chiang mai, Hat Yai, Ubon and Nong khai, with contracts having been given to vendors already for those routes and more planned by mid next year.
Meanwhile at home and in our own region, motorway police have caught two local drug addicts after they stole cabling from the region, with the intention of selling it to feed their habits. The 40 and 30 year olds were nabbed along with their latest stash of cabling, and it’s now assumed they are the same duo who robbed numerous buildings, including our own studios, over the past months, stealing external cabling. In our case, it was copper earthing wires which protect our staff and system.
Pattaya was rammed to the gills yesterday as Thais enjoyed a national holiday. Fathers day is a very special occasion here, cemented by the birthday of the late King Rama 9 and seeing numerous events here for families. Roads in the city were at a stand still at times and the exodus, after a 3 day weekend for many, saw roads out of the region nose to tail toward the end of the day.
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(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – Twinkies and other Hostess snacks are finding their way back onto shelves in stores around eastern Idaho. Albertson’s sent shipments of the tasty treats to more than 100 stores last week. Walmart started stocking shelves with collectible “First Batch” boxes on Saturday. Twinkies have been out of production since last November when Hostess declared bankruptcy. The recipe and brand name has since been sold to a private investment group.


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Media Release: NSW SMEs hit hardest by rising wages and red tape costsScotPac
Rising wages and compliance costs top the list of growing cost pressures for Australian SMEs, with small and medium businesses in NSW the most heavily impacted.
Australian SMEs turn towards non-bank lenders to fund growth: ScotPac
Australian small and medium businesses are being urged to sit down with financial advisors and re-evaluate their options in 2023 as COVID-19 stimulus funding begins to dry up.
Non-bank funding replaces COVID stimulus measures for SMEs One in five plan to divest or merge opera
A quarter of Australian SMEs added non-bank funding facilities in 2022 following the termination of government COVID stimulus and support programs, more than double the figure of 12% a year earlier. A further 20% of SMEs said they intended to divest or merge their operations in 2023.
Supply chain problems continue to plague SMEs
A new survey by SME lender ScotPac has found 100% of Australian SMEs have been hit by supply chain disruptions and, as a result, two in three are increasing their prices.
Supply chain issues drive SME alternate funding support: ScotPacMon, December 12, 2022 Australia  Debt ,Lending ,SME ,Supply Chain ,Supply Chain Financing
Rising inflation and increased costs are being offset — or absorbed — by Australian SMEs quite differently, ScotPac’s latest Growth Index has revealed.
Why Small Business is Big Business
In this feature, we're taking a look at the issues that are currently facing SMEs as we approach the holiday season and what brokers can do to help them out.
SME confidence showing green shoots
The loosening of COVID-19 restrictions has given small-to-medium sized businesses a confidence boost, with over half predicting an increase in sales to October, a new report shows.
46% of SMEs on track for business growth: ScotPac
Roughly one in every two SMEs are struggling to hit their 2022 business targets, with access to finance tipped as a key factor.


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The 13th annual Global Shopper Study, conducted by Zebra Technologies Corporation, has revealed that shoppers are increasingly placing orders online, resulting in a 60% surge in e-commerce orders in the last three months.
With more than one-fifth of shoppers returning an item purchased online, 57% of store associates are feeling significantly challenged by these returns. Out-of-stocks also remain a challenge and 41% of shoppers say this is the op reason for leaving stores without a purchase. This is followed by long checkout lines (32%) and an inability to find items (31%) both representing a marked increase from last year.
Growth in mobile ordering
Retailers have seen a dramatic increase in the need for convenience and efficiency as the pandemic has catapulted shoppers’ usage and affinity for mobile ordering and smart-checkout solutions. Seventy-two percent of shoppers used mobile ordering and 82% of those shoppers are highly likely to continue using it. Millennials (88%) and Gen X (79%) shoppers were the primary users of mobile ordering but nearly half of Boomers (47%) used it too, and 74% of them are likely to continue using it in the future. Sixty-four percent of shoppers believe more retailers need to offer mobile ordering while the vast majority of decision-makers (90%) and store associates (83%) agree mobile ordering would help meet customer expectations.
Approximately half (47%) of the surveyed shoppers have interacted with self-checkouts in the last six months and more than six-in-10 (63%) shoppers agree self-checkout solutions provide an improved customer experience. While agreement is highest among Millennials at 73%, 66% of Gen X shoppers and 50% of Boomers have also realized an improved customer experience from self-checkout solutions in the last year. Meanwhile, 86% of retail decision-makers and 71% of store associates agree self-checkouts improve the customer experience. Almost nine-in-10 decision-makers and more than seven-in-10 associates believe self-checkouts freed employees up to do higher priority tasks and better serve customers while helping meet health and safety mandates and protocols.
Safety now part of in-store experience
Consumer confidence can be increased when precautions or safety measures are put into place. Currently, there is a sizable trust gap between retail decision-makers, shoppers and associates when it comes to health and safety. While approximately 90% of decision-makers think shoppers and associates trust them to make health and safety a priority, only 65% of shoppers and 77% of associates agree. Nearly two-thirds (67%) of shoppers are concerned with surface sanitation or social exposure in stores, and 59% of shoppers prefer stores with contactless payment options. Seven-in-10 associates say social distancing/contact tracing apps would allow them to provide a better customer experience.
“Our study found that shoppers’ in-store and online satisfaction significantly declined this year due to out-of-stocks, product variety, online delivery cost and timing and returns,” said Jeff Schmitz, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Office, Zebra Technologies. “Retailers are aware that success hinges on elevating the shopper experience and investments in analytics, mobile ordering and smart checkout will provide a more seamless and satisfying omnichannel experience.”
Zebra’s 13th annual Global Shopper Study included approximately 4,175 shoppers, 577 retail associates and 412 retail executives from North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East who were interviewed in August – September 2020 by Azure Knowledge Corporation.
Zebra is a technology solutions provider with 10,000 partners across 100 countries that empowers the front line in retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and the public sector.
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With the vast majority of Koch Industries’ media attention coming from the political activities of Charles and David Koch, what the company’s businesses actually produce often gets only a passing mention.
Koch is the second-largest privately held company in the U.S. and a major international player, but what you may not realize is just how often you use products that have ties to the Wichita-based company and its subsidiaries.
The company last week set up its Koch Innovation House in the cafe at its headquarters on 37th Street North.
The “house” gave an up-close look at the consumer products found in the average American home, reprising an exhibit used earlier this year at a STEM conference in Washington, D.C.
In the case of Georgia-Pacific paper products, consumer brands come right off the company’s production line.
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Jun 12, 2014 — If you have a capable device, no more cords or outlets required to charge your smartphone — not at Starbucks locations, anyway.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix Corporation (TSX-V: VZX, OTC:BB: VUZI, FMB: V7X) today announced that it has begun shipping Phase 1 of its SDK for the recently unveiled M100 Smart Glasses - enabling developers to start developing and testing their apps using the Android emulator configured as an M100 device.
Shortly after unveiling the award winning M100 smart glasses, Vuzix again demonstrates its commitment to delivering cloud connected smart glasses to the market. Pre-registered and new developers wishing to be a part of the future of smart glasses can log into the new Vuzix developer center (www.developer.vuzix.com) and sign up as a smart glasses developer to receive the Phase 1 package which will provide them with the software required to start writing code using the PC emulator for Android.
The ongoing developer program will offer early access to the M100 smart glasses, support, technical advice and regular updates for the creation of content for the Vuzix Smart Glasses M100, which offer wearers the ability to view data and content from their connected mobile device on a 'hands-free' display.
Paul J. Travers, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are delighted to be opening up the developer portal. After our recent announcement of the M100 we received many inquiries which led us to focus on a staggered approach for developers. We understand developers and their related applications are a crucial part of bringing smart 'cloud connected' glasses to market. More importantly, when developers sign up they will receive a physical Vuzix Developer package which provides them with useable software to begin development immediately."
The Vuzix M100 has a built in color display driven by a powerful processing engine running the Android OS, an integrated head tracker and GPS for spacial and positional awareness. An integrated camera enables video recording, still image capture and the potential for powerful augmented reality applications. Interactive tracking and an integrated camera, combined with newly developed applications on the M100 and a smartphone linked to the Cloud, enable the merging of virtual information with the real world.
The M100 SDK is available in two versions, Gold and Silver. They will be delivered in stages and include frequent updates, as they become available, advanced hardware when released, and access to the developer center as it expands to provide technical and developer community support.
Vuzix Smart Glasses M100 will be showcased to media attending the official CES Unveiled event on Sunday 6th January, and everyone attending the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show, January 8th to 11t.h. Vuzix will be demonstrating a number of advanced hands-free applications with the M100. To arrange a 1-2-1 demonstration please contact us or visit Vuzix at the Las Vegas Convention Center's Central Hall, Booth #14046.
If you're a developer, please sign up to join Vuzix growing team of application developers at developer.vuzix.com. Be one of the first to support this amazing new step in the evolution of mobile information technology.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of video and cloud connected video eyewear products in the consumer, industrial, media and entertainment markets. The company's personal display products offer users a portable high quality viewing experience for industrial wearable displays, consumer digital content viewing as well as 3D, virtual and augmented reality experiences. Vuzix also provides developer software and support to enable the growth and development of AR applications for its mobile devices. With its origins in defense research and development for next generation display solutions, Vuzix holds over 47 patents and patents pending in the video eyewear field. The company has won 10 Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Awards, the RetailVision Best New Product and several wireless technology innovation awards, among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (TSX-V:VZX, OTC:BB: VUZI, FMB: V7X) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan. For more information visit ww.vuzix.com.
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Too often with compelling new technologies market participants become overly enamored with that attractiveness of the technology and neglect underlying business drivers. This tendency, what some call the “newest shiny object syndrome,” is understandable given that virtually all of us are heavily engaged in technology. But it is also mistaken. Without concrete business cases driving its deployment, IoT, like many other technologies before it, will fade into obscurity.
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Any Ops team trying to support a company in today’s cloud-connected world knows that a new way of thinking is required – one just as dramatic than the shift from Ops to DevOps. The diversity of modern operations requires teams to focus their impact on breadth vs. depth. In his session at DevOps Summit, Adam Serediuk, Director of Operations at xMatters, Inc., will discuss the strategic requirements of evolving from Ops to DevOps, and why modern Operations has begun leveraging the “NoOps” approa...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that G2G3 will exhibit at SYS-CON's @DevOpsSummit Silicon Valley, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Based on a collective appreciation for user experience, design, and technology, G2G3 is uniquely qualified and motivated to redefine how organizations and people engage in an increasingly digital world.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Micron Technology, Inc., a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems, will exhibit at the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Micron’s broad portfolio of high-performance memory technologies – including DRAM, NAND and NOR Flash – is the basis for solid state drives, modules, multichip packages and other system solutions. Backed by more than 35 years of tech...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Pythian, a global IT services company specializing in helping companies leverage disruptive technologies to optimize revenue-generating systems, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 17th Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Founded in 1997, Pythian is a global IT services company that helps companies compete by adopting disruptive technologies such as cloud, Big Data, advance...
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Introducing Containers & Microservices Bootcamp at @CloudExpo Silicon Valley | #Containers #Microservices
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SYS-CON Events announced today that HPM Networks will exhibit at the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. For 20 years, HPM Networks has been integrating technology solutions that solve complex business challenges. HPM Networks has designed solutions for both SMB and enterprise customers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Organizations from small to large are increasingly adopting cloud solutions to deliver essential business services at a much lower cost. According to cyber security experts, the frequency and severity of cyber-attacks are on the rise, causing alarm to businesses and customers across a variety of industries. To defend against exploits like these, a company must adopt a comprehensive security defense strategy that is designed for their business. In 2015, organizations such as United Airlines, Sony...
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Red Hat is investing in Tesora, the number one contributor to OpenStack Trove Database as a Service (DBaaS) also ranked among the top 20 companies contributing to OpenStack overall. Tesora, the company bringing OpenStack Trove Database as a Service (DBaaS) to the enterprise, has announced that Red Hat and others have invested in the company as a part of Tesora's latest funding round. The funding agreement expands on the ongoing collaboration between Tesora and Red Hat, which dates back to Febr...
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IBM’s Blue Box Cloud, powered by OpenStack, is now available in any of IBM’s globally integrated cloud data centers running SoftLayer infrastructure. Less than 90 days after its acquisition of Blue Box, IBM has integrated its Blue Box Cloud Dedicated private-cloud-as-a-service into its broader portfolio of OpenStack® based solutions. The announcement, made today at the OpenStack Silicon Valley event, further highlights IBM’s continued support to deliver OpenStack solutions across all cloud depl...
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With the proliferation of connected devices underpinning new Internet of Things systems, Brandon Schulz, Director of Luxoft IoT – Retail, will be looking at the transformation of the retail customer experience in brick and mortar stores in his session at @ThingsExpo. Questions he will address include: Will beacons drop to the wayside like QR codes, or be a proximity-based profit driver? How will the customer experience change in stores of all types when everything can be instrumented and a...
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Through WebRTC, audio and video communications are being embedded more easily than ever into applications, helping carriers, enterprises and independent software vendors deliver greater functionality to their end users. With today’s business world increasingly focused on outcomes, users’ growing calls for ease of use, and businesses craving smarter, tighter integration, what’s the next step in delivering a richer, more immersive experience? That richer, more fully integrated experience comes ab...
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Culture is the most important ingredient of DevOps. The challenge for most organizations is defining and communicating a vision of beneficial DevOps culture for their organizations, and then facilitating the changes needed to achieve that. Often this comes down to an ability to provide true leadership. As a CIO, are your direct reports IT managers or are they IT leaders? The hard truth is that many IT managers have risen through the ranks based on their technical skills, not their leadership ab...
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WSM International, the pioneer and leader in server migration services, has announced an agreement with WHOA.com, a leader in providing secure public, private and hybrid cloud computing services. Under terms of the agreement, WSM will provide migration services to WHOA.com customers to relocate some or all of their applications, digital assets, and other computing workloads to WHOA.com enterprise-class, secure cloud infrastructure. The migration services include detailed evaluation and planning...
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In today's digital world, change is the one constant. Disruptive innovations like cloud, mobility, social media, and the Internet of Things have reshaped the market and set new standards in customer expectations. To remain competitive, businesses must tap the potential of emerging technologies and markets through the rapid release of new products and services. However, the rigid and siloed structures of traditional IT platforms and processes are slowing them down – resulting in lengthy delivery ...
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Wholesale food prices … rose 2.4%, matching the biggest gain in 26 years. Prices of fresh and dried vegetables soared 49.3%, the most in 16 years. Prices of seafood, meat and dairy goods also rose.
Moreover, the disruption of shipping lanes will drive up prices.
As AP notes:
Besides the immediate impact on Gulf industries, shipping along the Mississippi River could soon be limited. Ships carrying food, oil, rubber and much more come through the Southwest Pass to enter the vital waterway.
Shipment delays — either because oil-splattered ships need to be cleaned off at sea before docking or because water lanes are shut down for a time — would raise the cost of transporting those goods.
“We saw that during Hurricane Katrina for a period of time — we saw some prices go up for food and other goods because they couldn’t move some fruit down the shipping channels and it got spoiled,” PFGBest analyst Phil Flynn said.
The oil spill is not the only environment catastrophe which could increase prices.
Bee colonies are also collapsing worldwide. As the Guardian notes:
Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter.
The decline of the country’s estimated 2.4 million beehives began in 2006, when a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD) led to the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of colonies. Since then more than three million colonies in the US and billions of honeybees worldwide have died and scientists are no nearer to knowing what is causing the catastrophic fall in numbers.
The number of managed honeybee colonies in the US fell by 33.8% last winter, according to the annual survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US government’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee pollination, which means that bees contribute some £26bn to the global economy.
As the Guardian notes, the problem might be a combination of pesticides and nutrition:
US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key problem. “We believe that some subtle interactions between nutrition, pesticide exposure and other stressors are converging to kill colonies,” said Jeffery Pettis, of the ARS’s bee research laboratory.
- While being trucked around, bees are fed a diet of high-fructose corn syrup (and soy protein), not real pollen (see also this).
To recap: bees are fed junk food totally different from what bees naturally eat with very little nutritional content, taken out of their normal natural environment and shoved into trucks, and then driven all over the nation.
The poor nutrition, exposure to numerous pesticides (and genetically modified foods), and stressful condition of being constantly trucked all over the country are hurting the bees. Why do beekeepers do it? Because high-fructose corn syrup and soy protein are cheap junk, and because the widespread use of pesticides coupled with trucking bees around the country is the low-cost industrial farming business model.
The bottom line is that raising and using bees to pollinate crops in a way that won’t kill so many bees will be more expensive … thus driving up food prices.
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According to the Indian Economic Times on the 28th, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) is conducting the latest negotiations in Vietnam, and the Indian government is in contact with the main RCEP negotiators to discuss details such as tariff reductions. The report quoted an official as saying that after signing the RCEP, India may gradually reduce tariffs on 80% of Chinese products. "This compromise is less than in other countries." For example, India plans to reduce tariffs on 86% of Australian and New Zealand goods. Reduce tariffs on 90% of ASEAN, Japan, and Korean goods.
The report quoted an unnamed Indian official as saying that the discussion between India and China is “still in progress” and that in the future, 28% of goods from China may be “immediately eliminated”, while the remaining 72% of goods will be in five years. Gradually reduce tariffs in phases over 10, 15 and 20 years. The Economic Times said that this will give India time to strengthen its domestic manufacturing. Last week, the government reduced the corporate tax on new manufacturing companies to 15% to attract investment.
"India should join the RCEP, but there must be a better agreement to safeguard its interests." The Indian Express reported on the 28th that the RCEP negotiations have entered the final stage and are currently speeding up the negotiations and striving for 11 this year. The negotiations were completed before the end of the month. Indian steel, dairy products, and other industries openly opposed India's participation in RCEP, fearing that the industry will be affected. However, the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Goyal said that India’s refusal to join RCEP will make the “export industry at a disadvantage”, national interests cannot be held by individual industries, and “national interests” must be viewed from a holistic perspective. This is seen as a strong signal that India will sign the RCEP. The article said that even without an FTA, China has a market advantage in many areas. “Therefore, the tariff phase-out needs to be longer than the previous free trade agreement, extending to 15-20 years.”
According to the Economic Times, India has a trade deficit with 11 of the 16 RCEP members, and the trade deficit with China in the 2018-19 fiscal year was as high as 53.6 billion US dollars. According to the report, India has made progress in introducing a “trigger mechanism” in the agreement. For example, if a certain type of commodity suddenly enters the Indian market and constitutes dumping, India has the right to temporarily increase tariff measures on goods from the country.


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|BMW CELEBRATES 3 MILLION VEHICLES PRODUCED IN SOUTH CAROLINA• Confirms automaker as largest U.S. automotive exporter.|
• Affirms commitment to U.S. investment.
• Reinforces 50% capacity increase and hiring.
Spartanburg, S.C. In a special ceremony at its Spartanburg plant this morning, BMW celebrated its three millionth vehicle to roll off the line. The vehicle, a Donington Grey Metallic X5 M with Mugello Red Full Merino leather seats and Carbon Fiber interior trim, was driven by Dawn Burgess, Associate #433, hired in 1994.
|BMW TEAM RLL MISSES OUT ON PODIUM IN SEBRING – BMW Z4 GTLMS FINISH FOURTH AND EIGHTH AT 63RD TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRINGWoodcliff Lake, N.J. – March 21, 2015… Lucas Luhr (DE), John Edwards (US) and Jens Klingmann (DE) finished fourth in the GTLM class for BMW Team RLL in the 12 Hours of Sebring (US), the second round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship (USCC). The three drivers completed a total of 329 laps with the No. 24 BMW Z4 GTLM. The No. 3 Corvette crew of Antonio García (ES), Jan Magnussen (DK) and Ryan Briscoe (AU) claimed the GTLM victory.|
With ambient temperatures up to 91degrees Fahren....
|BMW GROUP TARGETS CONTINUING SUCCESS IN 2015• New record sales volume and revenue figures targeted|
• Solid increase expected in sales volume and profit before tax
• EBIT margin target of 8 - 10% for Automotive segment
Munich. The BMW Group aims to continue its success story in 2015 despite the current volatile environment. 'We are targeting solid growth, and hence new record figures for sales volume and group profit before tax in the current financial year,' stated Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board ....
|BMW TEAM RLL UNVEILS SPECIAL ‘THROWBACK' PAINT SCHEME TO CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC VICTORY AT SEBRING• Stuck, Redman Reunited With 1975-Winning BMW CSL |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 16, 2015) – BMW Motorsport will proudly glance at the rear-view mirror while embracing the present this weekend at Sebring International Raceway.
To mark the 40th anniversary of BMW Motorsports' first victory, the two BMW Team RLL BMW Z4 GTLMs will carry the classic paint scheme from 1975 in Saturday's 63rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida.
|BMW CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1975 SEBRING VICTORY WITH ORIGINAL TEAM AND DRIVERS• Commemorative livery to race on both BMW Team RLL machines.|
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – March 17, 2015… BMW Team RLL will entertain very special guests and race with a commemorative livery on both BMW Z4 GTLM machines at the 63rd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 21st. The race marks the 40th anniversary of BMW's first major sports car race victory in the US. Introduced last Friday evening by Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO, BMW of North America, at his BMW Legends d....
|BMW UNVEILS TRIBUTE LIVERY FOR 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST US RACE WIN AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING• Z4 GTLM CSL Homage Livery unveiled at 2015 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.|
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – March 14, 2015… Today, BMW of North America publicly unveiled a special livery, which pays homage to the IMSA 3.0 CSL, for the two BMW Team RLL Z4 GTLM cars that will race in the 2015 edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 21st. The unveiling took place during 'Cars & Coffee at the Concours' which is part of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance weekend in Northern Florida....
|BMW GROUP GLOBAL SALES ACHIEVE NEW RECORD IN FEBRUARY• Deliveries total 151,952 vehicles, increase of 7.6%|
• Year-to-date sales rise 7.3% to 294,112
• Sales in Europe increase 7.7% in first two months
Munich. The BMW Group achieved its best-ever February sales result with 151,952 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles delivered worldwide (prev. yr. 141,207/ +7.6%). A record number of 294,112 (prev. yr. 274,113) automobiles have been delivered to customers since the start of the year – an increase of 7.3% compared....
|BMW CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST US RACE WIN AT 2015 AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS D'ELEGANCEBMW 328 to be honored in special class at the20th annual Concours.|
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – March 10, 2015 … BMW of North America will mark the 40th anniversary of two key milestones in the company's history in the United States at the 20th-annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, March 12-15, 2015. Forty years ago, BMW of North America began operating as a subsidiary of BMW AG, and only days later, BMW Motorsport scored its first US victory at t....
|BMW ANNOUNCES ARONIMINK GOLF CLUB TO HOST 2018 BMW CHAMPIONSHIPWoodcliff Lake, NJ – March 5, 2015… BMW announced today that the 2018 BMW Championship will be held at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.|
Conducted by the Western Golf Association, the BMW Championship is the penultimate event in the PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoffs and boasts a field of the TOUR's top 70 players vying to earn one of 30 spots in the season-ending TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola and the opportunity for the chance to be crowned FedExCup champion. The BMW Champ....
|BMW OF NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES BEST DEALERSHIP AWARDS32 BMW dealers honored as Centers of Excellence|
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 5, 2015 BMW of North America, LLC is announcing its annual Center of Excellence honors. This award recognizes the top BMW dealerships in the U.S. who have achieved an outstanding level of performance in 2014. These dealerships have shown their dedication and enthusiasm for the BMW Brand, their customers and employees.
The dealers were measured on 11 Key Performance Indicators against their peers which include....
|BMW ALPINA B6 xDRIVE GRAN COUPE TO MAKE NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT AT NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOWBMW celebrates 40th anniversary of BMW of North America as well as the company's first major motorsports victory in the US at the 12 Hours of Sebring with the1975 BMW 3.0 CSL. The 50th anniversary of ALPINA will be celebrated by showcasing a 1970 BMW 2002ti ALPINA race car, in addition to the new BMW ALPINA B6 xDrive Gran Coupe.|
BMW will celebrate the 40th anniversary of BMW North America as well as the company's first major US motorsports victory at the 1975 12 Hours of Sebring at the 2015 N....
|BMW GROUP U.S. REPORTS FEBRUARY 2015 SALES◾BMW brand up 14.5 percent, sets February sales record|
◾MINI brand sales up 51.3 percent
◾BMW Motorcycle sales decrease 12.0 percent
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 3, 2015… Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 14.5 percent in February for a total of 25,201 compared to 22,017 vehicles sold in February, 2014.
'In spite of ferocious cold and mountains of snow in so much of the country in February, our customers proved they could overcome and made it possible for BMW to post a new record....
|BMW GROUP GLOBAL SALES REACH NEW HIGH FOR JANUARY• 142,154 vehicles delivered to customers, increase of 7.0%|
• Robertson: Further growth in 2015 anticipated
• Schwarzenbauer: MINI will build on momentum in 2015
Munich. Following on from a record-breaking 2014, where the BMW Group delivered more than two million vehicles, 2015 has got off to a good start with sales up 7.0% compared with the same month last year. A total of 142,154 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles were delivered to customers in January, a new h....
|BMW GROUP U.S. REPORTS JANUARY 2015 SALES◾BMW brand sales up 4.0 percent|
◾MINI brand sales up 26.9 percent
◾BMW Motorcycle sales up 11.8 percent
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – February 3, 2015… Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 4.0 percent in January for a total of 18,981 compared to 18,253 vehicles sold in January, 2014.
'Coming after a record December and a record 2014 year-end result, the January numbers are a solid start for the new year and I am confident the trend will accelerate in the months ahead,' said Ludwig Willisc....
|RUM BUM RACING'S LUCK HOLDS OUT TO GIVE PLUMB BROTHERS WIN IN BMW PERFORMANCE 200 IN PORSCHE 911• Pumpelly Helps Rennsport One, Rodriguez Take ST Victory In Series Debut |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2015) – One year ago, Matt Plumb was cruising with a comfortable lead in the BMW Performance 200, only to suffer a heartbreaking mechanical problem with four laps remaining.
Plumb found himself in the same position on Friday, but this time there was no letdown as Rum Bum Racing won its third Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Dayton....
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Investors Shouldn't Hide From HP's Turnaround
PALO ALTO, Calif. (TheStreet) -- This time last year investors were scratching their heads about HP(HPQ) , wondering what to make of new CEO Leo Apotheker and his controversial plans to revitalize the company.
Fast forward a year and everything has changed in Palo Alto. HP ditched the unpopular Apotheker in September, replacing him with Meg Whitman. With the PC giant's stock plunging almost 40% over the last year, though, Whitman has spent the last few months trying to convince investors that she can get HP back on track.
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Investors, however, shouldn't hide from HP, which reports its fiscal first-quarter results after market close on Wednesday, even after recent mixed results from PC rival Dell(DELL) . Under Whitman, HP is at least heading in the right direction, say analysts.
"We believe HPQ is an underappreciated turnaround story," explained Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee, in a recent note. "What we are picking up are mixed trends where the company is regaining credibility with customers and fixing inventory issues in its PC (31% of revenue) and printer (20%) businesses."
Wu also said that relative strength in enterprise and Small to Medium-Sized Business, which accounts for between 65% and 70% of the company's overall revenue, should offset weakness in consumer sales. HP's consumer business makes up around a quarter of the company's overall sales, according to Sterne Agee.
Wu rates HP a buy with a price target of $34.
HP shares were down 39 cents, or 1.33%, $28.96 on Wednesday.


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2018 ASPA Chef of the Year Releases New Cookbook
September 6, 2019
Tenney Flynn, Wild American Shrimp’s 2018 Chef of the Year released a new cookbook on Aug. 13, “The Deep End of Flavor: Recipes and Stories from New Orleans’ Premier Seafood Chef.”
Chef Flynn has been working on the book for over two years, and now both clamoring New Orleanians and seafood fans across the country finally have a chance to take a page from one of Louisiana’s most acclaimed chefs.
According to an interview with nola.com, Flynn wanted to write a cookbook that was more accessible to the average at-home chef.
“‘We hear people say, I don’t like fish, but I like your fish,’ Flynn said. ‘This is the easiest protein in the world to cook. It requires very short cook times and there’s no reason for people to be afraid of it.'”
The cookbook is easy to follow, with clearly laid out, step-by-step instructions, plenty of photos, and helpful tips to ensure that blossoming chefs are getting entrees done right more often. It features several fan-favorites from Flynn’s popular New Orleans-based restaurant GW Fins, including gumbo, lobster dumplings, and parmesan-crusted flounder.
Tenney Flynn is an award-winning chef based out of New Orleans, LA, where he is both the head chef and co-owner of GW Fins, one of the city’s premier seafood restaurants, along with being one of both the most and highest-reviewed New Orleans restaurants on TripAdvisor. Described by the Wall Street Journal as “the fishmonger czar of the Gulf Region,” Flynn is well-known across the country as “one of the most knowledgeable and discriminating seafood chefs in the country,” particularly evident in his incredibly strict approval process for any and all seafood served in his restaurant. This is why Flynn only cooks with American wild-caught Gulf of Mexico shrimp from Wild American Shrimp.
Chef Flynn’s new cookbook can be purchased on Amazon.
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Becoming Magazine checked in with two alums, Paul Barrows and Eric LaClair, who run DreamBikes in Rochester, about what they see happening with this healthy and environmentally friendly mode of transport.
DreamBikes: Creating Opportunities with Two Wheels
DreamBikes is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that hires youth from the local community and provides them with training about how to repair bicycles and work in a retail environment, as well as all of the other skills necessary to operate a bike shop.
DreamBikes is actually in three states — the first shop opened in Madison, Wisconsin, in 2008. Mark Joslyn ’80, a top executive at Trek Bicycle, which began the DreamBike concept, was on a bike trip with Paul and asked him for help finding real estate in Rochester where DreamBikes could open, then offered him a job managing the store.
Paul and Eric strive to provide “a well-rounded experience for our youth employees as we help prepare them for life after high school.” They sell used, refurbished bicycles to provide affordable transportation to those in need and donate bicycles to less fortunate members of the Greater Rochester community.
The “Bike Boom” and the Changing Future of Transportation
Both Paul and Eric agree, if Rochester is examined as a microcosm of a much broader national “bike boom,” bicycles are without a doubt the future of affordable, reliable, clean transportation.
Over the past five years, Rochester has gained many miles of bicycle lanes and bike paths. Bicycles are now viewed as a viable means of transportation, especially in urban areas. They help their riders save money, while contributing to a healthier environment and lifestyle. This has been especially pertinent during the COVID pandemic, as many people have become wary of mass public transit such as trains and buses, but still need to be able to get around.
Younger folks are also turning to bicycles as a means of transportation; rather than spending thousands of dollars to purchase a car, they are opting to spend significantly less by purchasing a bicycle. Using bicycles also helps to minimize traffic and congestion—and, quite simply, riding a bike is fun!
Everyone at DreamBikes sees the bicycle industry only continuing to grow. The public is realizing that we all have to do our part to combat climate change and strive for a greener, healthier future; the bicycle is an easy answer to this problem.
More and more people are moving away from purchasing personal automobiles and are looking for other viable means of transportation, and for many, a bicycle is at the top of their list of solutions.
City Streets Can Become Bike-Friendly: Here’s How
In order to make urban biking safe and beginner-friendly, the key is bike lanes that are separate and protected from auto lanes, as well as lower automobile speed limits.
Other changes that will encourage people to take up biking include urban planning that involves fewer major boulevards and highways and more two-lane roads with protected bike lanes (rather than four-lane roads with small shoulders), more “bicycle highways” with their own bike stoplights, and more secure bike racks and lockers.
COVID’s Impact on Biking
Eric shares, “After working in the bicycle industry for nearly 18 years, I have never experienced a cycling season like this. We have sold and repaired more bikes than in any other year I have worked in the industry.”
The entire industry is reporting huge growth in 2020. The “bicycle boom” has been so extreme that many bicycle manufacturers and bicycle component manufacturers have been sold out of products for several months, with some companies even back-ordered on parts and bikes until mid-2021.
People who use indoor gyms did not have that option for a period of time in 2020, and those who worked out at home were often frustrated by having to spend so much time in one place due to lockdown orders. So they pulled out their old bikes or purchased a new or used bike and have rediscovered their love of cycling. The DreamBikes team has seen more people using bikes than ever before.
During COVID, some American cities are creating slow lanes to prevent crowding and encourage social distancing, while others, such as Oakland, are using this time to roll out new plans for bike areas by closing streets according to an overall bike-friendly design that was already in the works. Because cities are acting on a large scale, instead of just a few miles at once, this could be the beginning of a permanent transportation shift.
Bicycles are amazing machines that help to create more equitable and sustainable cities, while offering significantly higher levels of freedom and independence. Now is the time for a permanent shift in urban design and increased bike use.


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A month back, we had reported that Mahindra &Mahindra will reopen bookings for its flagship SUV in January 2012. Now, the news is that the bookings for the poular Mahindra XUV will re-open on 25th of this month. It may be noted that Mahindra had to close the bookings for the XUV, hardly a week after introducing the SUV to the Indian market. The reason cited for this was the tremendously high demand for the vehicle, albeit, a tad too much for Mahindra to supply the vehicle in reasonable time. The car had seen more than 8000 bookings in the five cities it was launched in. Now, Mahindra plans to re-open XUV500 bookings for a short period of 10 days. The allotment of the car might be done as per the outcomes of a lucky draw system.However, the good part is that the car will be available across 19 cities now and the lucky draw system will come into force only if the demand shoots very high again.
It is certainly not that M&M is busy laughing its way to the banks and not doing anything to deal with the shortage of supply.Mahindra is ramping up the production at its Chakan plant. At the moment, this plant has an installed capacity to build 2750 units of the popular SUV and Mahindra is working to boost this capacity to 4000 units per month by April 2012.
The XUV500 is powered by a direct injection 2.2 litre turbo diesel engine that produces a healthy 140 Bhp of power and 330 Nm of pulling power. The vehicle is available in three variants- W6 2WD, W8 2WD and W8 AWD. We recently saw the Tata Aria AT concept at the Expo and we won’t be too surprised if M&M too launches an automatic tranny in their popular crossover.


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Samsung Galaxy S III Images Leaked
By: byx speaks
According to some reports in Korea, Samsung is planning to launch their Galaxy S III this April or May. Today the Dutch website GSM Help Desk posted images of ultra-thin Galaxy S III.
Based on the images, GS3 will be powered with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The images (look at the calendar widget) are also claiming there will be a Galaxy S III event on May 22nd which Android fans think this is the official date of its official launch
Sources: GSM Help Desk and Reddit
Photos via GSM Help Desk
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JAPAN: Seiyu shareholders approve first step of Wal-Mart takeover plan
Japan's fifth largest supermarket chain Seiyu has announced that the tie-up plan with US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores announced in March was approved by shareholders at regular meeting earlier today [Thursday]. Wal-Mart will initially purchase a 6.1% stake in Tokyo-based Seiyu for ¥6bn (US$46m), with a view to retaining the ultimate right to take over the company at a later date. Earlier this week, news reports speculated that the deal would be rejected however because the price was too low.
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Despite anti-China sentiments in India, online shoppers seem to prefer Chinese mobile phones and electronic gadgets.
For instance, OnePlus (Nord 5G, OnePlus 7T series), OPPO (A5 2020) ,Huawei’s Honor (Honor 9A) and Xiaomi were among the top-selling smartphone brands along with Samsung Galaxy series and Apple IPhone 11, as per the Prime Day sale data of Amazon.
Amazon also said its Prime Day 2020 sales saw participation from 97% of the pin-codes across the country. “This was our biggest Prime Day ever for small businesses — almost one lakh SMB (small business) sellers (70% from small towns) received orders from across 97% of India’s pin-codes,” said Amit Agarwal, country manager, Amazon India.
Over 91,000 SMBs, artisans, weavers and women entrepreneurs from over 5,900 pin-codes saw success during Prime Day 2020, as per Amazon. Of these, over 62000 sellers were from non-metro and tier 2/3 cities across India. Over 31,000 SMB sellers witnessed their highest sales ever with over 4,000 SMB sellers each registering sales of ₹10 lakh or more and some 209 SMB sellers became crorepatis.
Artisans and weavers who sell their handmade collection through Amazon Karigar store witnessed a growth of 6.7X, and women entrepreneurs from the Saheli program witnessed a growth of 2.6X over average day sales, the statement said.
Similarly, startup brands under the Launchpad program grew by 2.1X over their average day sales. Over a thousand Local Shops from over 100 cities made their Prime Day debut, growing by 2X over average day sales. Over 1 million Prime members shopped from small businesses in the 14-day lead up to Prime Day, further helping them with their business revival.


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Joanne Bannatyne and her business partner Lee Howe have invested £50,000 in bringing an indoor cycling concept to the North East.
The ex-wife of Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne and her business partner, former Royal Marines commando Lee Howe, have brought the largest single order of Wattbikes outside of London to the North East, at their Hartlepool CrossFit operation.
Three jobs have been created in the move which will launch ‘WattCycle’ - a brand devised to capitalise on a cycling fitness interest in the US which has notched up celebrity association with the likes of Victoria Beckham and Tana Ramsay, the wife of restaurateur Gordon Ramsay.
Wattbike was developed in 2008 and is the only indoor cycle to be endorsed by the British Cycling Association.
Trading as JoLee Cross Fit Ltd, the pair have bought 15 Wattbikes equipped with technology feeds extensive performance data back to the user.
The first batch of bikes will be installed at the pair’s Hartlepoool CrossFit Telic gym, or “box” as affiliated facilities are called. There are also plans in place to open a standalone WattCycle facility in Teesside later in the year.
Lee, Joanne and their team have developed three new classes around the Wattbike equipment, including ‘PerformanceCycle’, ‘CrossCycle’ and ‘JustCycle’.
Hartlepool’s Adam Brooks, a top cyclist with the Manilla Cycling club, will be on hand to work with members, other cycling clubs and triathletes to deliver classes.
Speaking about the investment Mrs Bannatyne said: “This is an exciting time for WattCycle as we move closer to our official launch in October. The day has finally arrived when accountability is going to enter what was previously known as a spinning studio.
“Ahead of opening we have been running taster sessions with local cycling club Manilla and received fantastic feedback. “
Mrs Howe added: “In the professional cycling world Wattbikes are regarded as the best on the market however, WattCycle also appeals to people of all fitness levels and, thanks to our business model and ethos, we work to create a community and it is that which gives our WattCycle spaces a real buzz.”


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FORTUNE -- Late last week I posted a short essay on LinkedIn, where I am an Influencer, called "The best case study you'll ever read." In it, I slagged boring business-school case studies and celebrated a fantastic article in the current issue of Fortune magazine by Jennifer Reingold about the Brazilian private-equity firm 3G Capital's takeover of Heinz. Where I provided a link to the article, MOREAdam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Oct 21, 2013 10:58 AM ET
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What Does Your Credit Report Really Say About You?
When buying a car, renting an apartment, or even getting a job - a credit report is often pulled. What's on that report may surprise most consumers. According to a study by U.S. Public Interest Research Groups, one in four people have mistakes on their credit report. These mistakes have cost jobs, rejected loans, and ruined many people's lives.
"Credit is connected to our lives in every area and our scores determine our interest rates, insurance premiums and very livelihoods," says Denise Richardson, consumer advocate and author of the new release Give Me Back My Credit! "We need to expose the high price consumers are paying for dirty credit report data in order to fix a system gone terribly wrong."
Richardson is just one of the millions battling errors on her credit report. She paid a little extra on her mortgage each month, hoping to shorten the length of her mortgage and pay less interest charges. That simple, recommended practice catapulted her into an epic David vs. Goliath battle stealing her true credit identity and a decade of her life. When her 10 year saga ended and she reclaimed her good name - that victory would be brief. Soon she realized others were shredding her credit and their illegal acts perpetrated against her would ultimately steal another five years from her.
"Knowledge is power, and consumers need all the power they can get in order to protect their money and good name. Without this all important knowledge, consumers are wide open to an array of problems that could find them as easily as they found me," says Richardson.
Having been through some of the worst corporate behavior towards consumers the financing industry is capable of, Denise Richardson has experience and advice for other consumers who are going through similar situations.
Credit Report five key problems to look for:
* The dates of derogatory notations " dates affect the length of time things can be reported in your file.
* The accuracy of the status of open and closed accounts.
* Check to see that accounts paid off have been properly closed.
* Look for frivolous disputes or for bad referrals from private firms that are not on subscriber contracts with the credit bureaus.
* Any inaccurate data on any issue identified.
Denise paints a human face on the insidious affects of identity theft, and inaccurate credit reporting that can happen to anyone. She also provides well-informed tips, resources and knowledge necessary to protect a good name and true and accurate credit identity.
Denise Richardson has been an avid consumer advocate for fifteen years and has recently been appointed to the Board of Director of the American Consumer Credit Education Support Services (ACCESS) a non-profit 501 organization dedicated to protecting consumers nationwide from finance industry abuses with headquarters in Washington DC. She currently resides in Hollywood Florida.
"Give Me Back My Credit is a book that every American consumer must read. Denise exposes the truth about how our nation's credit system really works and how our consumer protection rights have slowly, but intentionally been wiped away by corporate greed and government acceptance. In a clear and simple voice, Denise teaches everyone how they can try to protect their rights and how we must collectively fight back to get back our rights and our credit." Ira Rheingold, National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA).
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Top Taiwan Venture Capital (TTVC), the largest VC management company in Taiwan with more than USD400m in invested capital, has announced a semiconductor-focused fund. Aiming to raise 800 million TWD in capital, the fund will especially focus on Taiwan’s IC design sector, given its asset-light nature, high gross margin and its recent growth. On average, the IC design sector’s price-to-earnings ratio has reached 30.
Thanks to its complete semiconductor supply chain, especially the large global market shares captured by the foundry TSMC and the assembly & testing firm ASE Group, Taiwan’s chip design industry got off the ground in a complementary environment, and has come second to the United States in terms of annual output value, according to Taiwan’s ITRI Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center. In addition, Taiwan’s IC design industry has already captured 20% of the global market.
Driven by the recent chip shortage crisis, the gross margins of Taiwanese IC design companies have risen as well, giving a boost to the sector. In the past, only big players like MediaTek could achieve gross margins nearing 50%, while smaller chip design companies in Taiwan generally had gross margins between 20-30%.
However, apart from MediaTek, most Taiwanese IC design companies are small or medium in size. Furthermore, Taiwan’s IC design industry has mainly focused on consumer electronics, PCs and smartphones, which have a lower entry barrier. Even though some IC design companies, including MediaTek itself, have sought diversification by entering automobile and data center markets, competitions from China have been growing, especially under its chip autonomy program spearheaded by a National IC Industry Investment Fund.
In light of the challenges, TTVC’s ambition is well-founded. According to TTVC, 65% of its fund will go to the IC design sector, 10% will go to semiconductor materials, while the rest will be funneled into equipment and other relevant applications. Between 50 million to 100 million TWD will be spent on each investment target, with the ultimate goal to have it listed on Taiwanese and U.S stock markets. TTVC itself has already invested in 28 IC design companies, with 18 of them currently listed.


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iPhone sales in greater China jumped about 48% and Mac computer sales rose 39% in the June quarter, CFO Luca Maestri said.
MRF has recorded a flat 1.29% increase in net profit in the third quarter ended June 2014 at Rs 230.22 crore. It's income from operations is up 9% at Rs 3335.30 crore. It has declared an interim dividend of Rs 3 per share.
The board of directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, a subsidiary company of ONGC approved its unaudited results for third quarter of financial year 2013-14. The loss for the third quarter of 2013-14 stood at Rs 248 crore as against loss of Rs 360 crore in the corresponding quarter of last year.
City based Corporation Bank will declare its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 on February 7. The board of directors are expected to approve the unaudited results on this day.
The net profit of Syndicate Bank for the third quarter of this fiscal stood at Rs 380 crore as against Rs 508 crore in the third quarter of last fiscal, down 25.20% year-on-year.
Maruti saw its net profit in the first 9 months of the fiscal jump more than 72% to Rs 19830 million compared to year ago period. In that time, the company sold 830,171 units including 75,078 units in exports (compared to 827,725 units including 85,550 units for exports in same period last fiscal). Maruti's net sales stood at Rs 308, 266 million in April-December 2013 period, a growth of 4.3%.
> > Welspun India 's profit after tax has more than doubled to Rs 110 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2013 from Rs 52 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has reported a 9% rise in net profit before exceptional items to Rs 995 crore during the third quarter ended December 31, 2013, while net profit at Rs 1,062 crore was up 22%, aided by exceptional items. Net sales grew by 9.4% during the quarter.
City based private sector - Karnataka Bank Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 106.70 crore for the third quarter of the current year against Rs 80.07 crore for the corresponding period last year, registering a quarter-on-quarter growth of 33.3 per cent.
ABB India Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 380.70 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 as compared to Rs 213.70 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
ABB India Ltd's revenues fell from Rs 18095.60 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to Rs 17868.20 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.
NRI Police station has arrested a group of fraudsters who allegedly made fake registries of land belonging to NRI at Jogiyaan village near here to secure loan from banks.
the Lucknow bench of high court has asked the LDA, municipal commissioner and state government to reply on as to why have 40% ponds in the four villages of district been either sold or allotted to the private builders or other government agencies. The court directed the government bodies responding to a WRIT filed recently and has announced the hearing after three weeks.


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Store Pulls Offensive Mental Health Product After Community Criticism
The week, the non-profit OCD-UK campaigned to get a product taken off the shelves of the UK-based store The Range, which they say made light of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental illness that can have a serious impact on those who have it.
The store featured two pieces of wall art which read, “I have got OCD: Obsessive Cat Disorder” and “I have got OCD: Obsessive Cake Disorder.”
— Sharron Rose (@Peachybeachy2) August 15, 2017
Using the hashtag, #IHaveGotOCD, some took to Twitter to explain how products like these can be damaging to those with mental illnesses.
— Catherine Benfield (@TamingOlivia) August 11, 2017
— Ashley Fulwood (@AshleyFulwood) August 11, 2017
Where is the joke in OCD? I'm one of your customers @TheRangeUK and I promise you there really isn't a joke. Also mocking mental illness ????
— Jonathan Warren (@JonathanWarren5) August 11, 2017
In a blog post on OCD-UK’s site, spokesperson Ashley Fulwood wrote, “Every time somebody misuses the OCD acronym for a ‘joke,’ a little part of [someone who has OCD] dies inside, the stigma that the ‘joke’ creates can be life-limiting, because people suffering with OCD close down and are left feeling they can’t talk to anybody.”
The organization says there’s a difference between someone finding humor in their own OCD, and stores that make money from products trivializing the disorder. OCD-UK started bringing attention to the product on Sunday, August 13, but said The Range didn’t respond to their request until Wednesday. After getting through to a senior executive, OCD-UK wrote in a follow-up blog post that the OCD-themed product was pulled.
We have been assured that this is a permanent withdrawal of the items, and they are committed not to create further distress so they have pledged to destroy the items. OCD-UK wish to go on record by thanking the retailers senior management for recognising the seriousness of the issue and taking the decisive action and commitment to resolve this.
— OCD-UK (@OCDUK) August 16, 2017
This is not the first time the OCD community has rallied against a product. Two years ago, people were outraged when Target sold a sweater with a similar theme: Obsessive Christmas Disorder.
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Accelerated digital transformation has only complicated the identity verification challenge for enterprises. But Chuck Moore of Early Warning says behavioral analytics and anomaly detection combined can reduce both fraud and the friction that can come with traditional authentication methods.
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DIEPPE, France -- For enthusiasts, Maranello, Italy and Stuttgart, Germany evoke images of high-performance sports cars from Ferrari and Porsche. Could Dieppe, France, someday join their ranks?
Dieppe, a small coastal town in Normandy, is the birthplace of Renault’s Alpine brand, which has restarted production after a 20-year break.
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, with French economic minister Bruno Le Maire, inaugurated the production line for the new A110 last week. It was a big day for Renault, which now has a premium, mid-engine sports car to compete with Porsche’s Cayman and the Alfa Romeo 4C.
It was an equally significant event for Dieppe, which is among the poorest communities in the Normandy region of northwest France. In the past two years 150 workers have been hired at the Alpine plant, increasing the workforce to about 400 people, and 36 million euros ($42 million) have been invested, some of that amount from the governments of France and Normandy. Signs proclaiming "Alpine Made in Dieppe" greet visitors to the town, and "Alpine Is Back" banners hang inside and outside the plant.
Aluminum line 'unique'
Among the improvements are a new paint shop and robots to help assemble the A110’s extruded-and-cast aluminum structure and sand and clean the paint finish. Employees have undergone an extensive training program to ensure that A110s are built to standards expected of premium sports cars. Renault says it is the only factory in Europe building cars with aluminum bodies and chassis, with most of the attachment points being bonded or riveted rather than welded, to save weight.
"We didn’t choose this site to build the new Alpine for nostalgia," Ghosn said to applause from employees clad in blue work suits. Alpine was founded in Dieppe in 1955 by Jean Redele, a Renault dealer who started by modifying stock models then began selling his own sports cars in the late 1950s. Alpine cemented its reputation with the original A110, from 1963, which won several rally championships.
Renault acquired the company and the factory in 1973. After the last Alpine model, the A610, rolled off the line in 1995, the plant has been used for low-volume Renault models like right-hand-drive Clios and Renault Sport versions and even electric Bollore BlueCars.
The factory, in an industrial area just off the seaport, retains its low-tech appearance from the late 1960s, when Redele constructed it. Just 80 workers are now involved in assembling the A110, largely by hand, using aluminum body panels from a supplier in Italy and turbocharged 1.8-liter engines developed with alliance partner Nissan.


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The new Beats Music streaming music service will launch January 2014, according to CEO Ian Rogers .
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